Sunday, August 19, 2012

UFC on FOX 4, Mauricio ?Shogun? Rua, Referee Cam: Morning News Roundup ? 8.2.12

The news cycle is ramping up thanks to the impending UFC on FOX 4 event on Saturday.� What does that mean?� Essentially, just that the UFC apparatus has put all the puzzle pieces in a pile in and around the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the multitudes of media are flitting about assembling their own portions of the puzzle for mass consumption.� Cameras are held aloft at open workouts, microphones are stuck in the face of any fighter of relevance, and there are questions ? loads and loads of questions.� Here, then, is your morning news roundup, which is pretty much just a bunch of pieces that, when taken together, form an Ansel Adams-esque panorama of inevitable violence.

  • You ready for some video?� Here's Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at yesterday's open workout.� �Here's something on Mike Swick.� Here's media superstar Ariel Helwani rapping with Lyoto Machida.� Here's Helwani with Brandon Vera.� Here's Helwani with Shogun.� You know, the funny thing about Helwani is that I sometimes see him walking around his neighborhood (we live about 15 minutes away from each other), and he's always got that microphone in hand and he's interviewing everyone ? the mailman, passing joggers, homeless people.� Everyone.� That, folks, is commitment to your work.�

  • Saturday night will see the introduction of the "ref cam", which is�exactly what it sounds like.� While this nifty contraption has never before been used in the Octagon, it has been done in other promotions.� Want a bit of trivia that you can use to impress your friends?� The first time a ref cam was used in MMA was back in 1997, in the Australian UFC.� The Australian UFC had absolutely no connection to the real UFC, they were simply a promotion in the Land Down Under that didn't care one bit about observing copyright and trademark laws.� Some good fights, though.� Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Mario Sperry won one of their tournaments.

  • Yours truly was a guest on the Darce Side Radio show, which is an Internet podcast hosted by MMA journo Mike Stets.� UFC on FOX 4 fighter Nam Phan was also on.� You can check the show out here.

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